Necktie device



March 12, 1929. HELD 1,704,793

NECKTIE DEVICE Filed June 19, 1928 r I Fi /9L5 "l u INVENTOR jr lgw zbzzPatented Mar. 12, 1955.9.

UNITE ARTHUR M. FIELD, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSEGNOR TO GUESTNECKWEAR COMPANY, INC., 07.? ROCHESTER. NEXV YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

NECKTIE DEVICE.

Application filed June 19,

This invention relates to a device for use in connection with neckties,and has for its principal object the provision of a device which willaid customers in selecting; neck- Wear appropriate for suit: of variouspredetermined colors.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device by means ofwhich customers and store clerks can tell immediately whether a certainnecktie is suitable tor wear with a suit of a certain color.

Still a further object of the invention is the provision of a. devicewhich, when applied to a necktie, will create a simulation of theappearance of the necktie when wo n with a suit.

To these and other ends the invention rcsides in certainlHlPI'UVQIIIeIlis and coral; tions of parts, all as will be hereina tier more, fully described, the novel features being; pointed out in theclaims at the sad (it the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of a. necktie having; one embodiment of the deviceapplied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of portion of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through a ncckt in and a device appliedthereto;

Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the device hefiore it is applied to anecktie;

Fig. 5 is a view of a device intended to represents a suit of adifi'erent color from tha represented in Figs. 1 and 2; and

Fig. 6 is a. similar view of another device intended to represent a suitof still a third color.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate thesame parts.

As is well known by those QXPPIltIlt'tll iu the selling of neckwear.rust oiners Frcrpnwntly desire to purchase ncckties which will liarmouize properly with suits of a particular color. Often the suit inquest ion is not being worn at the moment by the cu tomer and it istherefore impossible to pla e the necktie next to the suit to ascertainwhether the resulting color scheme is harmonious. Under suchcircun'lstan es. considerable diiticult: is ot'ten experienced inselecting}; an appropriate necktie to go with a suit which is not athand, even though the customer s able. to describe telly the color ofthe suit.

The present invention is intended primarily to eliminate thesedifficulties of sclee 1928. Serial 286,700.

tion. According, to the present invention, it is proposed to furnishdevices representing suits of various predetermined colors, whichdevices have means for showing the necktie as though it were being wornwith a suit of he desired color. Thus it is possible for the clerk andthe customer to ascertain at once whether any particular necktie wouldbarmonize with, say, a brown suit. or a blue suit, or any other colorfor which these devices may be furnished.

A necktie having one of these devices ap plied to it is shown in Fig. l,and the con- :-:truction of the device may be ascertained readily fromFigs. 2, 3 and 4r. The device consists essentially of a piece of sheetmaterial 10, for evampte paper, which is bent as shown in Fig. 3 so thata portion of the sheet material overlies the front of the necktie 11while other portions extend around the back of the tie and may besecured to each other by arv suitable means. such by adhesive.

It the material of which the member 10 is constructed is suflicientlystill, however. it may be possible to dispense with the adhesiveconnection, the parts being retained in the position to which they havebeen bent simply by the stiffness of the material itself.

A window 12 is formed in this device near the. center oi the. t rontportion thereof, a shown in the drawings. This window 12 may he producedeither by treating: the sheet material to make a portion of ittransparent. such as by oilinc it; or it may be formed by cutting away aportion of the sheet materia this cut-out portion being left open orbeing covered by a. sheet of transparent material as may he desired. Itwill be noted that the window is shaped to represent the shape of theexposed portion of a necktie as ordinarily worn by a man. part of thetie being covered by the collar and part by the vest and coat of themans su t.

Lines are preferably t'orm-ed on the sheet mater al 10 to represent a.collar 1.). and other lines represent portions ot a mans suit. such asthe rest 1 and coa 15. The coat and rest are colored to simulate a suitof a predetermined color. while the collar l t and the portion of theshirt which appears immediately below the collar are preferably lcttwhite to represent a w ile collar and shirt, although they could ecolored in any manner desired.

It will be seen. especially from Fin; 2, that when this device isapplied to a necktie,

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registration wtih the. window l This is wpecvait; advantageous where thearc has wide st apes. some of which might h wide a to tilt the entirewindow opcnin such (Pur e, the device may he slid ham. torth along thetie. hrii nc; d ti'erent stripes or combinations ot strzpcs successivelyinto registry with the wi'nuow, so that the customer may see how eachindividual color or group of colors in the tie will in rmonize with asuit of the color represented by the device.

It is contemplated, ot course, that these. devices will be constructed,in various colors to represent suits of as many ditlerent colors orcombinations of colors as may be d sired. Figs. and G of the drawingsrepresent devices simultating suits i ditierent colors 'lrem that shownin Figs. 1. and if. The stippling in Figs. 1 and 2 and the lining inFigs. 5 and 6 are not intended to repre ent any particular colors, butare intended simply to illustrate the tact that the devices are made upin various colors to represent various suits.

It desired, the devices may bear any appropriate wording. For instance,the may tarry words such Smart when worn with a dark brown suit, in thecase of devices made up to represent dark brown suits. Similarly,devices represcntingblue or gray suits might hear the words, Smart whenworn with a blue suit, or Smart when worn with a gray suit.

These devices may he applied to ncekt'ies by the manufacturer ot' theneckwcar, before the ties are shipped to the stores, or they may befurnished direct to the retailer. In the latter also, the retailer mayapply a device to each tie before placing it on the counter for sale, orthe clerk may be provided with a supply of devices which he may apply tothe ties when they are being examined by customers.

It will now he seen that there has been disclosed a novel device ofgreat usefulness and helpfulness in the selection of appropriateneckwear. hen a device of this kind is used. the customer may see atonce, without the necessity of trying the neckt ie on. exactly how thetie will look when worn with a suit of a. predetermined color. This willsave the customers time and insure a more satisfac tory selection. andwill also the time of the clerk so that one clerk may wait edieientlyupon more customers than would be po sible without the use of thisdevice. As an aid to rapid selection of neckties appropriate for certainsuits, the ties may be grouped according to the colors of the suits withwhich they are intended to go. For instance, when a custoincr asks for at e to go with a dark blue suit, the clerk may pick up a group of tiesto which dark olue devices have previously been applied, and thus thecustomer may make a selection rapidly, without having to look x er andwee-l out a num er of ties which wou d not he at all appropriate for asuit of the color under eons erai-on.

While one end; dinunt ot' the in-v en ion has been disclosed, it as tohe undcrstrasl that the inventive idea may e carried out in a number ot'ways, This app ication is theretor-e not to be limited to the precisedetails shown, but

intended to cover all variations and moditications thereof fallingwithin the spirit of the invention, or tln scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device for use with a necktie, comprising a sheet of materialcovering a portion of the necktie and slidable thereon, said sheet materal having a window through which a portion of paid necktie may beobserved, and a portion of said sheet material adjacent the ed of saidwindow being colored to represent the color of a suit of clothes.

2. A device for use with a necktie, comprising a member slidable on saidnecktie, said member hearing a colored representation of a portion of asuit of clothes and of a mans collar, and also having a windowsimulating the shape of a necktie as ordinarily worn, so that thenecktie to which said slidable member is applied may be observed throughsaid window in juxtaposition to the colored representation of said suit.

3. A device for use with a necktie, comprising a. member slidablc onsaid necktie. said mcu'iber bearing a representation of a collar and ota portion of a mans suit, the representation of said suit being coloredto simulate a suit of predetermined color, and a window formed in saidslidable member, said window having the outline which a necktie wouldhave when worn with said simulated collar and suit, the material of saidnecktie being observable through said window to aid in determining thecolor harmony between said necktie and a suit of the color representedon said slidable member.

4. A device for use with a necktie, comprising a member embracing saidnecktie and slidable therealong, a window in said member through which aportion of said necktie may he observed, and a colored portion on saidslidable member adiacent said window, so that the portion of saidnecktie observed through said window, together with said coloredportion, will give the same color effeet as is produced by said necktiewhen worn with a suit of the color appearing on said slidahle member.

5. A device for use with neckties c0mprising connected front and backportions opposite each other and adapted to embrace a portion of anecktie slidably between them, the front portion of said device havin ga Window formed therein through which a portion of said necktie may beobserved.

6. A device for use with neekties comprising connected front and backportions adapted to embrace a portion of a necktie slidably betweenthem, the front portion of said device having a Window formed thereinthrough which a portion of said necktie may be observed and said devicehaving a colored portion adjacent said window so that the contrastingellect produced between said colored portion and the portion of saidnecktie which underlies said window will be the same as the contrastingeffect produced by said necktie when worn with a suit of the same coloras the colored portion of said device.

7. A device for use with neckties comprising a member formed of opaquesheet material and adapted to embrace and slide along along a portion ofa necktie, a Window in said member having the outline of a necktie asusually worn, partly hidden by a collar and by a suit, and arepresentation of a portion of a collar and a colored representation ofa portion of a suit on said member cooperating with said window, so thatwhen said device is applied to a necktie it Will produce a n'liniaturesimulation of said necktie as worn with a suit of a color correspondingto said colored representation.

ARTHUR M. FIELD.

